H. hinnaniae 415 



The species is apparently allied to H.fiava. Through the courtesy 

 of Dr H. de Beaurepaire Aragao of Rio de Janeiro, we have been able 

 to examine and redescribe the types and to figure their salient features. 



Types in Rio de Janeiro. 



15. HAEMAPHYSALIS BIRMANIAE Supino, 1897. 



Fig. 348. 



Lit. and Icon. : 



H. Urmaniae Supino, 1897, III, fasc. 1 ; iv, p. 251, PI. XIII, Figs. 17, 18 

 Supino only figures the ^ and 5 tarsi which do not serve to distinguish the 

 species ; his description of both sexes is so meagre as to be useless. 



H. hirmaniae Supino, in Neumann, 1897, p. 336. 



Not identical with H. semermis Neumann, 1901, p. 263, as stated by Neumann, 

 1902, p. 128, when he condemned his own species after examining Supino's 

 types (the latter were found by Neumann to include specimens of Am- 

 blyomma besides H. hinnaniae). H. semermis Nn. = //. hystricis Supino q.v. 

 Neumann, 1911 a, p. 109, gives the following confusing synonymy : 

 H. hirmaniae Supino + H. hystricis Supino in Supino, 1897, ser. 2, v. 3, 

 p. 236 ; H. ptmctata (part.) Can. and Fanz. + E. hispinosa Nn. in Neumann, 

 1897, pp. 327, 341 ; //. semermis Neumann, 1901. 



It will be seen that we regard the species H. hirmaniae Supino, H. hystricis 

 Supino, and H. hispinosa Nn. as valid. H. punctata Can. and Fanz. = //. 

 cinnaharina var. punctata (C. & F.), and cannot be confused with any of the 

 foregoing; whilst iT. semermis Nn. = ^. hystricis Supino. Because of this 

 confusion we do not record data from other authors who may have supposed 

 they were dealing with H. hirmaniae Supino. 



Male (Fig. 348): Scutum rather broadly oval, about 2x1-4 ram.^ ; 

 punctations very numerous and fine, but so shallow that the general 

 effect is a smooth surface ; cervical gi-ooves only represented by small 

 oval pits behind the anterior border ; lateral grooves obsolete. Gapi- 

 tulum : base with strong blunt cornua and with slightly rounded lateral 

 margins ; palps only very slightly salient laterally and without dorsal 

 spur ; article 2 rather longer than article 3 ; a moderate retrograde spur 

 under article o ; hypostome well covered with 4 4 to 5 j 5 small, sub- 

 equal teeth, about 8 per file. Spiracle pear-shaped, or sub-circular, 



1 Supino's measurement. The scatums of the 4 e types examined by us measure 

 respectively : 



1-9 X 1-3-5 mm. 

 1-9 X 1-3 „ 

 1-8 X 1-3 „ 

 1-7 X 1-2 „ 



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